dioxygenase

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n. Any of several enzymes that catalyze reactions involving molecular oxygen.

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Synosia brings a pipeline that includes two mid-stage drug candidates: one for Parkinson's disease, and a potential first-in-class hydroxyphenyl-pyruvate dioxygenase inhibitor intended for movement disorders.

MSU microbiology and molecular genetics professor, and Denis Proshlyakov of MSU's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology developed a new method of slowing down enzymes and analyzed the steps in the reaction process of the bacterial enzyme Taurine/alpha-ketoglutarate dioxygenase, or TauD.

The bacterial enzyme Taurine/alpha-ketoglutarate dioxygenase, or TauD, serves as a model for several other proteins in the human body and in nature, said Proshlyakov, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.